A Fabric of Diversity

Best Best & Krieger’s culture is one that respects differences and recognizes unique perspectives. BB&K is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting attorneys and staff of diverse backgrounds. Doing so makes good sense for our firm and our clients.

BB&K’s attorneys and staff represent a wide range of personal experiences, countries of origin, ages, religions and gender. This is reflected in the national recognitions we regularly receive for our diverse workforce.

Within our firm, this means working in a diverse environment that reflects the communities, organizations, businesses and individuals we represent, fostering mutual respect and collaboration.

The value of diversity for our clients comes from the melding of differing experiences, cultures, talents, viewpoints, and styles to drive creative and innovative solutions. Our diversity allows us to leverage different perspectives to approach complex legal issues in a way that provides the best outcome for our clients.

With those goals in mind, BB&K encourages qualified applicants of every race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, non-job related physical disability or medical condition, marital status, sex or sexual orientation to apply for employment with the firm.

First Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship/Scholarship Program
BB&K’s culture is one that respects differences and recognizes unique perspectives. BB&K is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting attorneys and staff of diverse backgrounds. With those goals in mind, BB&K is pleased to offer our First Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship/Scholarship Program. This program will provide the recipient with a paid summer associate position in one of our participating offices. To qualify for the $7,500 academic scholarship, the recipient student selected must be invited and must return to BB&K the following summer. The $7,500 scholarship will be paid following completion of the student’s second summer with BB&K.

Recruitment
One of the firm’s ongoing recruitment goals is to increase the diversity of our attorneys and staff. We have a diverse Recruiting Committee and staff that actively look for opportunities to attract individuals with a wide range of backgrounds to our firm at the summer clerk, entry-level and lateral hire levels.

Professional Development
We provide professional development and mentoring programs with sensitivity to the diverse needs of all participants. We also support our attorneys’ outside professional development opportunities, including membership in diversity-minded organizations.

Promotion
BB&K fosters a culture where opportunities for success are available to everyone. To this point, the majority of our partners joined the firm right out of law school and successfully developed their careers exclusively at BB&K. Associates are eligible for consideration for partnership in their eighth year. They have a voice at BB&K, allowing them to actively contribute to firm administration and decision-making. Annual assessments allow us to chart a path for continuous improvement in diversity.

Who We Are

Established in 1891, Best Best & Krieger LLP is a full-service law firm with about 200 attorneys in 10 offices across California and in Washington, D.C.
We deliver effective, timely and service-oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals.